Police Squad! Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 24 min | Comedy, Crime

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Police Squad!

Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 24 min | Comedy, Crime

In order to infiltrate a criminal gang that bribes boxers Frank makes a contract with one of them, Buddy. This leads to a kidnapping of his girlfriend and Frank has to find her before Buddy forfeits.

Director

Joe Dante

Writers

Tino Insana (teleplay by) (story editor) | Robert Wuhl (teleplay by) (story editor) | David Misch (story by) (executive story editor) | Jim Abrahams (created by) & 4 more

Producer

Robert K. Weiss

Composer

Ira Newborn (music by)

Cinematographer

Sherman Kunkel

Editor

Tom Benko

Casting Director

Sally Powers (casting)

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 11, 1982

Release date

Mar 11, 1982 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Leslie Nielsen Det. Frank Drebin Det. Frank Drebin See fewer	Airplane! (1980)
Alan North Capt. Ed Hocken Capt. Ed Hocken See fewer	See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Rex Hamilton Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) See fewer	Police Squad! (1982)
Georg Stanford Brown Police under the Safe Police under the Safe See fewer	Stir Crazy (1980)
Ed Williams Mr. Olson Mr. Olson See fewer	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
William Duell Johnny Johnny See fewer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rudy Solari Martin Martin See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Patrick St. Esprit Buddy Buddy See fewer	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Tessa Richarde Mary Mary See fewer	Vacation (1983)
Floyd Levine Cooper Cooper See fewer	Death Wish (1974)
Irwin Keyes Luca Luca See fewer	The Flintstones (1994)
Grand L. Bush The Champ (as Grand Bush) The Champ (as Grand Bush) See fewer	Licence to Kill (1989)
Marvin Miller Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Narrator (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	The Millionaire (1955)
Thomas Rosales Jr. Mike Schultz (uncredited) Mike Schultz (uncredited) See fewer	Running Scared (2006)
Tony Sirico Poker Player (uncredited) Poker Player (uncredited) See fewer	The Sopranos (1999)